-- veered off the highway, and at least three people are dead. we have towns under floodwater and we take a closer look at the damage. why president trump left the meeting with kim jong-un early. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, february 28. i am michelle griego. >> good morning. i am kenny choi. finally we get a break. >> we get a break from the rain with a little bit of sunshine, a welcoming site for sure. but not oh picking up 20 inches of rain over the last few days it will be dry today. there's a live look at the east bay in berkeley at the lawrence hall of science camera with cloudy skies and temperatures running in the 40s, 50s and 39 were cold start in santa rosa.

51 in concord and oakland, 47 in livermore, san francisco at 49. we are drive for the most part with the few showers over the santa cruz mountains and along the coast from elk not a -- el granada and half moon bay. the russian river crested at 10:45 pm and will stay above flood stage all day and dropping below flood stage at midnight tonight. the weather headlines, dry today with sun, sunny tomorrow with clouds increasing tomorrow with this next weather system bringing the return of the rain late friday night into wmeho cominupa few minulet's ca for loataffi. >> we have our second traffic alert for the morning eastbound 580 at 98 with the vehicle fire

engulfed in flames at one point and fire crews are still blocking the two right lanes and this is now a fatality. they are running the traffic, holding back vehicles to work on the trouble spot to try to get the lanes reopened but right now two lanes completely shut down. this is the non-commute direction but we will see easier conditions as the morning progresses. westbound 580 not showing any trouble spots. at the bay bridge traffic is moving okay with no metering lights yet, backed up just past the parking lot but that will change quickly with more cars hitting the roadways. we get have a very serious accident at the berkeley curb with a lanes shut down but it is now reopened. if you're accessing the east shore freeway, you should be good to go with no delays off

of 80. we have delays on 580 at the altamont pass, slow-and-go out of tracy from mountain house. it gets much better when you get the dublin interchange. we have more on the breaking news in emeryville. three people are dead after the suv beardall the roadway -- veered off the roadway, at interstate 80 and powell street pending them under the big rig. >> based on the preliminary investigation the driver of the big rig appeared to have stopped on the shoulder and was part and he was sleeping. >> chp said afford person in the suv survived and was brought to the highland hospital in oakland with critical injuries. it is unclear what caused the

suv to veer off the roadwa. thousands of homes around the russian river underwater and we have kpix 5 jackie ward with more . >> reporter: the russian river looks more like a lake this morning but the water levels are dropping already. the water level crested last night. you can see where the water is dropping right now and unofficially the sonoma county road crew said that levels have dropped a couple of feet which is probably the case year. look at this watermark on the side of the barn, and this area desperately needed a break from the rain. there are many cars, homes and businesses swallowed up by the russian river. in some areas and even entire communities are cut off by the mud.

it is startling to see even for the people that have lived here for decades. >> i have never seen this slide, and i've been here since 98 and i've never seen this on maze canyon road. >> i've never seen mudslides like this. >> reporter: today sonoma county officials are telling people to stay off of the roads if possible. they are hoping that crews can get this cleaned up for this incredible mess because what you're looking at, as you come back live in forestville, you can see it is an absolute mess. this is supposed to be a vineyard with a barn, shed, and we have the porta-potties floating and it is disgusting. the closest you can get the guerneville is waller road. we made it to the farmhouse inn, but for the normal cars

and people, i don't think you can get that far today. jackie ward, kpix 5. water racecourse patrolling by boat for those that were refusing to evacuated until there was no ground left to stand on. eileen english state in her home before taking shelter at the evacuation center. >> my home, car and garages underwater. i thought i could sit it out but there was a mandatory evacuation, so here i am. >> sky 5 some people getting around in kayaks and canoes. the laguna overflowed the basin after so much heavy rain was swapping the neighborhoods. the redwood road shutdown indefinitely due to the massive landslide, debris 60 feet high and extending 80 feet wide as they work around the clock to clear the roads, and no one was

injured. for more information on the flooding you can go to kpix.com and we have an interactive map shelters and road closures listed. president trump is heading back to washington after the summit in vietnam with north korean leader kim jong-un. he put a positive spin on the get together even though it was cut short with no deal for north korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons. >> they wanted sanctions lifted in their entirety and we could not do that. they were willing to denuclearize a large portion of the areas we wanted but we cannot give up all of the sanctions. >> the two leaders spoke publicly before leaving hanoi and one reporter asked tim -- kim if he were ready to denuclearize. >> if i were not willing i would not be here right now.

>> that could be the best answer you could make. >> the president said that he and kim did not rule out a second summit. they also talked about otto warmbier who was in a coma during much of his imprisonment and north korea and died shortly after being returned to the u.s. reporters asked president trump if he discussed the case with kim. >> i speak about it but i don't believe would allow that to happen because that was not to his advantage. those prisons are rough places and bad things happen, but i really do not believe that he -- i don't believe he knew about it. >> >> the president went on to say that he took kim at his word. i am anne makovec at the live news desk and i am taking a live look at tahoe city with a winter storm warning still

in effect for the sierra. that is any area above 4500 feet until noon today. we have set records with the sierra snowpack 150% of average with the ski resort struggling to keep up. caltrans is running out of places to put the fresno but it will be a very busy weekend. the oakland teachers are getting support heading into day 6 of the strike. the school board postpone the vote on the $20 million budget cut when the union protesters shut down the meeting. the district is offering an 8% raise with a 2% bonus, and the union wants a 12% raise. teachers from san francisco, berkeley, san lorenzo and how the need planning a sickout to rally with the oakland teachers on the picket lines. the national transportation safety board has confirmed that the pg&e explanation as to why

took over two hours to put out the fire from the gas explosion saying the third-party contractor damaged the pipeline while digging to install the fiber-optic cable february 6. they began working to shut off the valve 20 minutes later and the report explains the isolated segment required to turn off six valves. >> the chance of flames leaping from building to building and this is a very windy city, so i would not be surprised if this would happen again. >> the pipeline safety expert told kpix 5 that the network of underground pipes in san francisco was complex. it is 5:10 am. wheels up for southwest as new flights to hawaii stirring up airline competition in the

bay area. we will see a brief break in the rain is we track this next weather system and when the rain will return on the futurecast, coming up. a deadly crash has a lien shutdown in oakland at eastbound 580 with details coming up. ♪ ooh woo, i'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪ ♪ ooh woo, i'm a rebel just for kicks, now ♪ ♪ let me kick it like it's 1986, now ♪ ♪ might be over now, but i feel it still ♪ ♪ might've had your fill, but you feel it still, ooh woo ♪

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hawaii. the flights will be offered from several california airports soon including oakland international and banana san jose international. the company completed the first test flight from oakland to honolulu and the faa approval comes with southwest locked into a bitter dispute with the mechanics union and a large number of the planes have been out of service for repairs forcing the carrier to cancel hundreds of flights. lunch sounds good after that rain. >> we do have a drier day today and we will have more on that but there's a bad news report from the traffic center right now. at eastbound 580 and 98 we have a traffic alert in effect with two right lanes completely shut down. the crash is where the vehicle veered off the roadway and one person is reported dead at the scene at this serious accident with the two right lanes completely shut down until

further notice. they are running traffic grates, to try to slow down the traffic, slow-and-go through this area. stick with the surface streets on eastbound 580 and westbound 580, the commute direction, still light with spectators slowing. we have a backup just belong the -- beyond the 880 overpass. they will probably turn the metering lights on in the next couple of minutes. off of the east shore freeway traffic is moving okay and 580 out of oakland at least toward the bay bridge. looking at the east shore freeway, okay out of hercules heading westbound into richmond. we get have a pretty serious accident in the berkeley curb but all lanes are now reopened and traffic moving nicely along 80. we have an update on the closure at 37 with eastbound

lanes open at westbound 37 commuting out of vallejo into novato, the lanes are shut down between atherton and 101. you may want to take an alternate until they reopen the area but eastbound lanes are reopened and at richmond-san rafael bridge traffic is quiet with no delays commuting between the east bay and marin. thank goodness we do have drier conditions today. thankfully we are catching a break from the rain with drier weather today upping the rivers to receive. here's a live look from the salesforce tower camera with cloudy skies, 40s, 50s and even down to 39 in santa rosa right now. 47 in livermore, san jose at 49, 50 in downtown san francisco. concord and oakland, good morning on this thursday at 51.

we are drive for the most part with a few spotty showers across parts of the bay area. you can see 680 at danville and near san ramon a few spotty showers this morning. we will stay drive for today with partly sunny skies, drive tomorrow starting the day with sunshine and increasing clouds with this next system bringing a return for the rain rain and scattered showers on saturday. as we time this out on the futurecast, here we are at noon, sun and clear skies for most of the bay area. increasing clouds the 4 pm and friday is a sunny start with increasing clouds friday afternoon. we have another weather system rolling in late friday night into saturday morning with rain and scattered showers saturday. not a lot of rain with this next system, thankfully so, one

quarter up to three quarters of an inch of rain and the hills good see 1 to 2 inches. this is not a lot of rain so the russian river will stay below flood stage for the weekend. the record snowfall breaking the record for the snow is where he on record with more snow on the way. we have the winter storm warning until noon today at 4500 feet with new snow up to 10 inches, and for the peaks and hilltops, up to two feet of snow. tahoe report showing alpine meadows with 42 inches of new snow, kirkwood 28 inches of new snow, and more snow this weekend. high temperatures at mid 50s in san francisco, upper 50s in oakland, fremont and mountain view. it is about 60 in san jose, 58 at livermore and fairfield. enjoyed the sunshine today and tomorrow with rain, showers

saturday with lingering showers and sunny sunday for a break on monday, and we will watch for this next atmospheric river setting up tuesday and wednesday of next week. here is dennis with a look at the sports. >> could bryce harper be the san francisco giant with the latest on the warriors going down to the buzzer and we have the finish when we come back. let's head outside to check out the sutro camera giving us a few of the golden gate bridge with 58 degrees in san francisco. it is 5:20 am. ♪

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good morning. if your drive will take you out of oakland into san leandro, 580 has a traffic alert at 98th avenue with two lanes completely shut down. one vehicle caught fire and this is a fatal accident with a lot of activity. again, two right lanes are completely shut down until further notice with the traffic backed up beyond seminary at this point. here is dennis with the sports. 37 years old and retiring

at the end of the season and the warriors we she retired before the game last night, the mark is getting the night off with the warriors sluggish, and weighed is at the right place at the right time, and leading by 24 points, but scratching and clawing their way back and three minutes ago, klay thompson from downtown with the warriors leading, 116-114. there is one minutes ago, and we have a four point play -- four point play but it was a costly turnover and the time is ticking down. >> it is wade, and he but jordan blocked the shot once and missing it the second time. miami state, 126-125 thanks to the short timer, wade. >> i needed this one on my way

out and you guys got enough. >> i knew isn't that left his hands that it was the perfect distance long. >> it was a perfect finish for dwyane wade. the giants had another free agent meeting with bryce harper in the hometown of las vegas and now apparently warming up to the idea of giving him the 10 year deal. the a's sent their top prospect to the mounds and jesus lazard oh striking out in two innings that he has a nasty curveball and he throws that fastball and recently developed that heater. >> when you did not have the fastball that you have leueatios e i washowing i have had major league aspirations and always told myself i would find a way to get there even without my fastball. >> steph curry eat your heart out for anthony mark coelho

with 31 straight shots from the nba range setting the guinness book of world records for the most in one minute with the previous record 26. he played high school basketball and perfected the shot, and that was a double loss for the warriors last night with mark: and dwyane wade. that's it for the sports and we will see you tonight. flooding in sebastopol has parts of the town shut down without power and we will tell you with the plans for the town are today, coming up.

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . breaking news, and suv slammed into big rig overnight, and we have learned that at least three people are dead. the rivers are spilling over in the north bay with

thousands forced to evacuate. we have lithe two hardest hit areas. the first gun control bill since the clinton administration but we have mixed opinions. good morning. it is thursday, february 28. i am michelle griego. >> good morning. i am kenny choi. we have drier weather today and tomorrow with rivers receding along with the strings and creeks. in the north bay some locations salt 20 inches of rain with the atmospheric river. thankfully we are catching a break today. you can see we have cloudy skies with temperatures in the s, 50sand down to 39 in santa rosa and a cold start to the day. san jose 49, 47 n francisco. we are tracking a few showers

at the santa cruz mountains, along the coast and 680 from danville down through san ramon with the few showers lighting up the hi-def doppler this morning. we catch a break from the rain today, dry conditions and sunshine through the day. sunny tomorrow with clouds increasing with this next weather system friday night into early saturday bringing a return of the rain. we will time this out on the futurecast coming up. a quick update on the russian river, it did crest at 45.38 feet last night at 10:45 pm. we will stay above flood stage at guerneville all day today, finally dropping below flood stage at midnight tonight. let's go live to jackie ward monitoring the russian river at forestville. you have been there two days and what are the conditions today compared to yesterday?

>> reporter: we drove past the road closure because news crews are allowed a little bit further up than the normal residence in the area. the flooding is so much worse and you can barely see the road, only a quarter left. we are in forestville right now about a half-mile from the farmhouse at waller road, 10 miles southeast of guerneville. this is some of the damage we have come across driving on river road. if you want to get anywhere close to guerneville that would take you almost an hour and a half with parts of river road that look like a leak. yet to go up to hillsboro, use west side or sweetwater springs road but even that is difficult with the water levels above or tv above flood stage. the water crested last night but a flood warning has been extended until this morning for those near healdsburg. some are hoping the worst is behind them. >> we are on the sunridge

avenue in forest hill. this is one of the first places that will flood. >> i came to this direction to go to work and the road closed just after me. >> the roads are very beat up in sonoma county with trees down, slides, floods and water over the road. >> reporter: the waters not the only thing traffic file their homes with mud, dirt, trees and a breeze taking over highways making it impossible to get anywhere. after the reprieve from the storm sonoma county officials are urging residents to be prepared for another storm system that could rolling in and the flooding situation will get better around here with the water levels finally below flood stage by tomorrow. that is at 32 feet but in the meantime, it is so nice to stand out here with no rain falling on us. it is not just for my own well-

being for the sake of all of this, the intense damage of.. >> it's great to get a break today and tomorrow and we watch the rivers continuing to recede. >> kpix 5 emily turner is also in sonoma county at sebastopol with the latest on the flooding conditions. >> reporter: i have to say exactly what exactly jackie said because it's nice to be standing out here without the rain. in sebastopol you can see the floodwaters in this market, all from the laguna day santa rosa wetlands, coming up yesterday evening today spilling into sebastopol, the town in the western part of sonoma county. it is overwhelmed the homes, cars and storefronts and leaving streets accessible only by kayaks in many spots. this area is blocked off,

highway 12 also closed as do all of these underwater streets. officials are patrolling the areas looking for people that refused to leave and made several sweetwater rescues. >> they think they can stay in their houses and that the water -- it is a slow death and will continue to come up. >> reporter: we know that 50 people yesterday had to be rescued by officials. so far everyone appears to be okay with the exception of one man that had hypothermia when he was rescue. we will monitor this throughout the morning to see the plans to get the power back on, and as you can imagine it will be a.morning for not only this area but for the other areas underwater. returning from sebastopol, emily turner, kpix 5. three people were killed after the suv veered off the roadway crashing into big rig that was parked at the

shoulder. >> the california highway patrol said the suv was pinned under the big rig. the fourth person in the suv survived and take into the highland hospitakld with critical injuries. the investigation led to the lane closures at i-80 and powell street but those lanes have been reopened. we have more on the residual effects of the traffic and your morning commute with gianna. >> we have a traffic alert out of oakland on 580. here is a look at i-80 were traffic is moving much better. due to that serious accident along 80 we had a serious backup beyond ashby but now traffic moving much better since they th u will get bogged down a little bit into emeryville due to the moral -- normal morning drive but an easy ride at least westbound 80 out of hercules toward the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a traffic alert for

eastbound 580 and 98th avenue with two lanes completely shut down. chp is at the scene with emergency crews, a significant backup building up to highway 13. use alternate route the if you can but this is the non-commute direction. if you're commute takes you out of oakland and the san leandro are castro valley, heads up on those delays. as we take a look at the bay bridge, metering lights are on backed up to the maze with some delays off of the approaches from 580 which is typical. it is busy through the altamont pass. i am anne makovec at the live news desk. president trump is on his way back to the u.s. from vietnam after his talks with north korean leader kim jong-un and cut short about two hours short, and they failed to come up with any deal. apparently kim wanted all

sanctions against the country lifted, and president trump said we cannot do that. tim only setting down one nuclear facility but wanted to leave several others running. that is no deal and no plan for another summit at this point. it is 5:38 am. here's a live look at capitol hill where the new gun back to bill liss moving forward, the first gun-control legislation considered by congress in nearly 25 years passing the house and heading to the senate requiring background checks for virtually all firearms sales and u.s. and right now they had to perform background checks for gun dealers to sell a weapon but th sellers do not have to and this bill will close that loophole. >> this will take more steps to improve the safety of the american people.

>> gun-control measures do not address the problems of gun violence and this bill will not address the problems of gun violence. >> this is the first of two gun- control bills that the democrats are bringing to the house, but not expected to get past the senate. it is tougher to find a recycling center in california and as a result people are losing millions of dollars on nickel deposits on the cans and bottles. the consumer watch dog group says many have closed in many grocery stores will not take back the empty containers. it is america saves week, touted as a chance to kickstart your new year's resolutions on better financing, and we have v savings in the u.s.? >> more than $175,000 in bank and retirement savings account as of june 2018 and the average

american household. it sounds like a good number but that will dwarf the millions not putting away anything. magnified money look at the median household savings meeting have to have more and half have less, and that is much lower, $11,700. it is not surprising that the top 10% earners have savings levels many times that with the bottom 40% with little to no savings whatsoever. regardless of income or age 29% of households have less than $1000 saved. >> what is the best way to kickstart savings? >> avoid the owners budget and instead, try to find the money by tracking your spending for three months. you don't have to do more than three months or go crazy. you are trying to identify a small amount of money to

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it is 5:44 am. we will dry out today and tomorrow. here's the salesforce tower camera showing a cloudy start but dry. we will talk about this next weather system bringing a return of rain coming up. a man in a white down to way to avoid jury duty -- in hawaii found a way to avoid jury duty. he is accused of yelling in the courtroom hallway tuesday. he said he did so so that he

would not be chosen to sit through the trial. the judge had to release dozens of jurors and declare a mistrial due to the actions of maldonado. >> he tainted the jury selection process and infected the entire jury panel. >> i apologize for my actions and i did not think right for it to go this far. >> the judge released maldonado without charging him for contempt. many adults may be choosing dorm room rent, new legislations are making it easier to build the lower rent, dorm style apartments. they say sharing the common areas like the kitchen allowing more units to be built in the same space. the theory is that it would lower the cost of rent. >> it paves the way to produce workforce housing in the middle of the housing crisis. >> the stars city has to get the project approved but the units would cost between $1500 and $2000 a month rent. it is 5:45 am.

we have a traffic alert in the east bay. >> this serious accident has been here for quite some time, the second traffic alert this morning at eastbound 580 and 98. the vehicle caught fire after hitting a tree with a lot of activity on the shoulder. chp and emergency crews shut down completely the two right lanes with the ignition get backup behind seminary if not farther. chp is running traffic brakes to slow the traffic coming in hot. it yourself extra time if you typically travel here for your morning drive into oakland and san leandro. 880 is the best bet traveling on the south side. two right lanes are completely sat down eastbound 580 at 98. here's a live look at the coliseum with traffic moving okay in both directions. we have a few brake lights and

hayward but that's typical this time of the morning. the bay bridge is backed up to the maze with slow conditions off of the east shore freeway, as well as 580. the metering lights are on, busy into the tunnel but when you get past this area easing up nicely into san francisco. westbound 580 with a lot of company out of tracy, slow-and- go at least through north flynn road with a broken down vehicle that is not rocking the traffic, not blocking the legs but a bit of a backup. a bit of a backup on the toll plaza as well but overall not bad. you may want to try marin or the east bay instead of using westbound 37 with that closure between atherton and 101. westbound 580 is 43 minutes, 205 to the 68 bue good

news is drier conditions. i never thought we would be so happy to see the end of rainfall 10 to 20 inches of rain in the north bay. we catch a break today and tomorrow. the salesforce tower camera showing cloudy skies with santa rosa at 39 for a cold start. bundle up before you had outside. concord at 51, oakland at 50, livermore at 47, and dry for the most part with the few showers in the santa cruz mountains. spotty showers from danville to san ramon and wrapping up quickly with the showers. we expect sun later today with partly sunny skies. tomorrow with sunshi creang cuds d next system bringing a return of rain late friday night to saturday. is not a major storm and nothing like what we just saw but it will bring wet weather.

we will time this out hour-by- hour on the futurecast. here is noon with clear skies for most of us, increasing clouds at 4 pm. tomorrow we are sunny to start the day with increasing clouds and here is 4 pm tomorrow, increasing rain late friday night into saturday morning. we have rain to scattered showers saturday. this is not a lot of rain, anywhere from one quarter up to three quarters of an inch of rain. the hills could see 1 to 2 inches. right now the russian river stay below flood stage even through the weekend which is very good news. sunrise at 6:42 am, the sunset at 6:02 pm. with the south bay upper 50s to about 60, 60 in santa clara and san jose, the eight in morgan hill, 59 in sunnyvale and campbell. upper 50s at pleasant hill. the six in walnut creek and

danville with berkeley a high of 56. 58 in oakland and san leandro. 56 in downtown san francisco with low to mid 50s for clear lake and lakeport. dry today and tomorrow with rain, scattered showers saturday with lingering showers sunday. sunday is the drier day of the weekend. we get a break on monday. we will watch next tuesday and wednesday which could be the atmospheric river setting up. this is a while away and weather models have to get in better agreement but that could be the case next week. we have new video of this dazzling new light show at the las vegas strip. the executive paris hotel marking the 20th anniversary with $1.7 million light show featuring over 6000 twnchronized l.e.d lights on to

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here's the hi-def doppler showing us dry for the most part with a few spotty isolated showers from milpitas, san jose and seven trees this morning.

we have an update on the sierra with the winter storm warning in effect for the western slopes of this year until noon with 4500 feet. the peaks have up to two inches -- rather the of snow with one or 51% of average for the sierra snowpack. series traffic alert. >> we have a fatality at 580 eastbound at 98 backed up, most highway 13 for slow ride at 98 with the best bet hop on southbound 880 if you're commute takes you out of oakland into san leandro. we will bring you updates all morning long. a marin gave his two yeah a heartwarming surprise when he showed up -- eight marin gave his young sons a

heartwarming surprise when he showed up unannounced. >> the 10-year-old and eight- year-old rushed over to give their dad a hug when their father returned from deployment to surprise the kids. it was completely unexpected and their mother told them he would not be home for another two months. >> we purposely told the boys i would be gone a few months longer so that we could surprise the him. >> i was really surprised. at first i saw it uniform and's -- and i thought it was a random rain walking in, and then i saw his face. >> the boys have a lot of catching up to do with dad like playing with the legos. >> we have seen these reunion so many times but that you motion never gets old -- but the emotion never gets old. we have much more on the

storm coverage from the north bay. >> reporter: the rain may have stopped for now but the road closures an evacuation's are still in place here in forestville. we will take a closer look at the damage next. >> reporter: parts of sebastopol are underwater and people are in their waders with gas cans trying to re-fuel. we will show you the plan coming up. ♪ they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? afteso get out theret is the beand fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating.

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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . here's a live look near the russian river this morning with the evacuation orders still in place in the surrounding communities. at least three people are dead after this horrific crash in the east bay overnight, and we have details on the investigation. michael cohen return to capitol hill after accusing the president of breaking the law

while in the office. good morning. it day, ry28. i am michelle griego . >> good morning. i am kenny choi. we have evacuation centers open for those people orest out of their home and also at the sebastopol center for the arts at the high street along with the sonoma county fairgrounds. we will check in with kpix 5 jackie ward at the flood waters. >> reporter: despite the rain stopping in forestville, the russian river looks more like a lake but the water is beginning to recede after cresting last night. unofficially we ran into the sonoma county road crew that said from what they have measured they believe the water is dropped at least two feet which is certainly the case here. we can see on the side of this barn how high the water got, 2